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Colonist, Volume XLVII, Issue 11206, 12 December 1904, Page 6 (Supplement)

A Skrious Accident.— Early last evening an accident; of a serious nature happened to Bombadier F. Ford, of the Permanent Artillery, and who is at present attached to the H Battery. The Battery having broken camp at the Botanical Gardens, Bombadier Ford and Gunner Chapman were engaged in striking the camp, and wnile Chapman was folding the curtains of the marquee, Ford went to move the piano that had been hired for the camp with a view to getting it away, as rain threatened. He pulled the piano towards him, when his feet slipped, and he fell, the instrument falling on him. It was. found that both his collarbones were broken, and it was at first feared that he had sustained serious internal injuries. Latest accounts last night showed that he was doing as well as could be expected,